_ 638 \ The Epifl:Ie Dedicatory. --\couldnotchufe but brea~~ forth a~ my b~1ul, and telt1Jry Coulllrymenofthe dangerom ifjueofthetr cunofity. I meddle not with the common journrystothemmerallwatersofthe Spa; to which many fie~ jimles are b,holdtnfor agood excufe : who whilesthry pretend themedzcinatlufe ofthat JPril'lg;, zm fre.ery quaffe oftbe puddle ofpopifb foperjlition PI!Yfoning the better part, in flead ofbelpingtheworje. Theft l leaue to the bejl Pbifitian,Autbority; which, ifit mrry pleq[e to underta~ the cure, mayperbapsJitve M many Englifh-Soulesfrom infoflion, t/0 that Wflter · cures Bodiesofdifeafes. I deale onlywith tbofe that profojfo to fee~ the glory ofa perfoCI breeding, mu/ the perfoCiion of that l whichwecal!Civifity, in Travel!: ofwhichforti have (not without indzgnation) Jeene too many loft their hopes, and themJelves in the Wt9'i returning M emptie ofgrace,andother vertues, M full if words, vanity, mifdijfojitions. I dedicate thispoore difcour[eto yourLo: as -( bejides my daily remted obligations) congratulating toyou I heJweet liberty andhappy ufe ofyour home, who li~ a fixed ftarre may well overloo~ the(e ,anets, and by our conftant Jetledne!Je, give that aime to inferiour eyes , which fhall be in vaine expef1ed from awandring light. TheGodo heavm, towhofeglory I have intended this wea~ labour,give it I favour in the fight ofhisChurcb, and returne it bac~, butwith thisgoodnewes, thatany one oftheJonnesof Japhetis herebyperJwaded to dwell ever in the tents ofSem. Vntothat di'Uine prB· tef1ion , I humbly beta~ your Lo: juflly vowing my Jelfe Yo\lf Lo: humbly devoted m all faithfull andChrillianobedience, J 0 s: H A;L L- --------- --~--------- QUO
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